Erik Trinidad is a freelance journalist focusing on experiential travel and food, whose written work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, AFAR, BBC Travel, Fodor's Travel, National Geographic, Lonely Planet, and more.
Snowstorm dry spells can happen at any time, and in this era of climate change, the same goes for spring-like days in the middle of winter. “Dryuary” may be the term used by those flirting with sobriety each January, but the ski industry knows it’s very much the descriptor for the lack of big dumps the 30 days after New Year’s. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort was no exception to this in the second half of that first month of 2024...
A girl in a tutu, eight years old going on nine, stood ready for her close-up, with her family nearby—cameras all pointed at her. It was a special day, and not just because it was her birthday; the birthday girl would get the honor of ringing the opening bell, not at the New York Stock Exchange, but at a place dearer to her young heart: the clock tower in the base village of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in the Idaho Panhandle...
Aside from having dumbfounding views, Le Massif de Charlevoix feels much more foreign than landlocked ski resorts in North America. This is French Québec after all, where poutine is practically ubiquitous, even in the lodge cafeteria, and there are French-influenced winter activities. For me, the most fun of these is luging, a “classic Le Massif must-do,” especially since it’s not offered by the other Québequois ski resorts.